RESUME

MICHAEL VINCENT BERRY

I have spent the past 15 years in Theatre Education as the Artistic Director and Chair of Theatre for Oakland School for the Arts and The Contra Cost School for the Arts in the SF Bay Area. Accomplishments in these roles include: 2016 Tony Nomination: Theatre Educator of the Year, 2016 Northeast Regional Educational Hall of Fame Inductee, 2014 Bay Area Theatre LegacyAward Winner and 2014 National Teaching Artist recipient. Graduates of my training include: Disney’s Zendaya, Comedian Bo Burnham and Grammy Nominee Keylahni. A representative list of post-secondary institutions attended by my students include: The Guildhall School of Speech and Drama, Julliard, NYU, AADA, AMDA, The New School, Pace, Columbia, North Carolina School of the Arts, Yale, Stella Adler, USC, UCLA and Cal Arts.